Chocolate Glazed Pumpkin Doughnuts

I think it says a great deal about me that the word ‘doughnut’ appears in my memoir a whopping 28 times. My editor– bless her sweet literary heart–cringed at nearly every mention, noticing that I’d chosen to drop the ‘ugh’ and spell it more colloquially, ‘donut.’

It wasn’t until I’d read through all of her notes in the margins of my manuscript, when I’d arrived at the final chapter and saw the misspelling for the last time, that I understood how thin her patience had worn. She wrote, in all caps, with the lead of her pencil grooving into the white paper, “DOUGHNUT!”

That single edit was how I learned to spell doughnut properly, just a brief twenty-seven years into life. I’m certain it will serve me well from here on out.

To start over with a clean slate–to repent for decades-long slights of spelling–I baked them. Doughnuts.

Doughnuts robed in chocolate. Luscious, luscious, chocolate.

The cake rings themselves are the same warm and spicy baked pumpkin doughnuts I baked last month, minus the cinnamon-sugar crunch. The recipe was so lovely and delicious the first time around; it begged to be remade. Adding a layer of chocolate was just icing on the cake, quite literally.

The doughnut–plain–is fluffy, light, and gently sweet, while the glaze, by nature, is rich and decadent. Eaten together, the two balance each other. Trust me, they’re bliss-inducing.

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13 thoughts on “Chocolate Glazed Pumpkin Doughnuts”

Andie that donut story made me laugh!!! This is why everyone loves you. You have a certain “ je ne sais quoi ” that is just very likeable. But now you have done it. Not only have you made the dreaded doughnut, you have used light corn syrup. Is this a lighter version of the terrible GMO High Fructose Corn syrup? Tell me it isn’t so! Don’t get me wrong. I love Doughnuts. But corn syrup. How could you? You better make something really good next time to redeem yourself with this transgression.

Cinnamon, I literally LOLed at your comment. Not that it was funny, but how absurd it is! Give her a break. It’s not like she listed “cancer” as one of the ingredients! Remember, it’s all about moderation!

What a fabulous looking recipe. This reminds me of making doughnuts with my Memere in her kitchen. She’d hand me one hot off the fryer and I can still taste and smell the deliciousness of it all. Yum! Thanks for sharing yet another great recipe with all of us. :D

I made the sugar coated pumpkin doughnuts tonight for the second time tonight bc they are ahhhmazing!!!! Accidentally left out the egg and I have to say didn’t miss it much so is u wanna shave 70 cals off of the batch you can :) I LOVE the original donuts and will definitely try them with white chocolate. My husband used a lot of expletives in a very complimentary way the first time I made him these donuts and I have shared the link with everybody I love :)

Oh and donut….it totally reveals that you are a true doughnut fan bc you have apparently been to dunkin donuts enough times to transpose that spelling onto the word. Tell your editor she is not a true fan :)

Intentional misspellings are a huge pet peeve of mine. Krispy Kreme? Really?! What are we teaching our youth?

Andie, I just found your site today while doing a search for a whipped frosting. I will be back to read more for sure. I had gastric bypass surgery in 2001, and I have not met my goal weight. I’ve struggled with my love of food, and so far, the food has won. I love that you are finding the right balance in your life. Congrats to you!

First of all, I LOVE that you have a donut (sorry, I’m lazy!) recipe here and Second, that it’s covered with chocolate!
YAY!
Just so you know, I will be making these tomorrow and nomming down on them (in moderation, of course!)